1-4, Bathwick Terrace

Terrace of three houses, now four dwellings, facing west at an angle to Bathwick Hill in Bath. Attributed to John Pinch and dating from around 1825, with later additions.

The buildings are constructed in limestone ashlar with double pitched slate roofs featuring moulded stacks to the party walls and front parapet. The terrace follows a double depth plan that steps forward at the ends and cants back towards the left end.

The terrace rises three storeys above a basement, with individual houses two to three windows wide. Formerly symmetrical in its west-facing elevation, No. 3 was probably added later. The facade is unified by a continuous parapet, cornice, cornice band and ground floor platband, with a plain frieze to the end sections.

No. 1 presents an imposing north facade to Bathwick Hill, arranged as a three-window range. The canted left-hand bay steps forward beneath a pediment with a giant order of two Ionic columns in antis flanking sash windows to the second floor (three over three panes) and first floor (six over six panes), both in moulded architraves. The bay is spanned by a stone balustrade articulated by column plinths and antae above the platband and banded rusticated ground floor. The centre contains a wide segmental arch spanning a six over six pane tripartite sash window, flanked by semicircular arched recesses. The entrance bay facing west steps forward with a small window to the frieze, a blind second floor window, a six over six pane first floor window with an open balustraded apron, and clasping pilasters to the upper floor quoins. A late 19th-century projecting enclosed stone porch features an entablature with a dentil frieze beneath a pierced parapet, double doors with circular central panels and a three-pane margin paned overlight. The right-hand bay has a three over three pane sash attic window in a moulded architrave, a first floor window with moulded architrave, cornice on consoles and a balconette, and a ground floor six over six pane sash in a moulded architrave.

The basement to the central three bays is fronted by a stone parapet with pierced oval panels. The two left-hand bays of No. 2 echo the right-hand bay of No. 1, forming a central set-back range to the terrace. The stepped forward entrance bay resembles that of No. 1 but lacks the later 19th-century porch. Nos. 3 and 4 (formerly one house) cant slightly back to the right, rising four storeys including an attic storey in a three-window arrangement. The sash windows throughout are six over six panes. A coped parapet is present, with stopped cornices to the attic and second floor; cornices on consoles and balconettes to the first floor. To the left of the ground floor is a semicircular arch spanning a 20th-century six over six pane window with radial glazing bars to the top. The set-back door matches those of Nos. 1 and 2, featuring a good cobweb fanlight.

The interiors were not inspected during listing. Sale particulars from 1985 recorded in the National Monuments Record indicate the survival of a stone staircase with wrought iron rails and mahogany handrail, chimneypieces, shutters and plasterwork. The first surviving lease dates from 1825, granted by the Earl of Darlington to Joseph Harris of Bathwick, statuary (meaning mason).